The Athenaeum Portrait, also known as The Athenaeum, is an unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart of United States President George Washington. Created in 1796, it is Stuart's most notable work. The painting depicts Washington at age 64, about three years before his death, on a brown background. It served as the model for the engraving that would be used for Washington's portrait on the United States one-dollar bill.
Comparison with the image on the obverse of the United States one-dollar bill (flipped horizontally for ease of comparison.)
George Washington, 1825, one of Stuart's many copies of the Athenaeum Portrait, Walters Art Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas. With more than 1.2 million visitors a year, it is the 79th–most visited art museum in the world as of 2022.
Museum of Fine Arts main entrance with the Appeal to the Great Spirit statue in the foreground
The original Museum of Fine Arts building in Copley Square
Rose Garden and Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway, June 14, 1934.
The Shapiro Courtyard, which houses Dale Chihuly's Lime Green Icicle Tower (right), is used to host large banquets and other events.